New York's population increased slightly over the last decade, but not enough to prevent the state from losing two seats in the House of Representatives. | The US Census Bureau released national and state population counts, as well as the congressional apportionment figures, on Monday. | New York's population grew 2.1 percent to approximately 19.4 million, while the national population increased by less than 10 percent, to 308.7 million. | The population figures affect a number of things, including New York's share of federal funding. New Yorkers will find the congressional seat losses most apparent, at least in the immediate future. | The loss shouldn't come as a surprise: officials widely expected the state to lose one or two seats. But what's uncertain is how the congressional districts will be redrawn. Upstate will certainly lose a seat. Nate Silver, writing on his political statistics-focused blog, FiveThirtyEight, says northwestern New York has "lost significant population since 2000." Buffalo especially, he says. | The Northeast and Midwest shrunk in both population and representation, while the South and West grew in both areas. Texas gained the most congressional seats: four.